(A) Definitions. For purposes of this section:
PROTECTED AREA AND PROTECTED AREAS. Any locker room, dressing room, bathroom/restroom, lavatory, shower or bathing facilities located in any business establishment, school or college (whether public or private), government building and institutional facility, and like areas where one has a reasonable expectation of personal privacy. An institutional facility shall include any hospital, clinic, nursing home, respite home or like facility used by or available for use by
guests, patrons, employees, students or invitees, as well as the general public, as the case might be. No private residence shall be included within the definition set forth herein, except to the extent and during those times that a private residence is utilized for or as part of any home occupation as such term is defined in Chapter 156 of this code.
VISUAL RECORDING DEVICE. Any electronic, mechanical, manual, electric, digital, voltaic or other device, instrument or other means capable of recording, producing, duplicating, reproducing, storing, copying, transmitting or displaying any visual, video, photographic, electronic, digital, recorded or other visual image, picture or representation, including but not limited to any camera, camcorder or videotaping device; and that capability or feature of any cellular telephone that enables such cellular telephone to record, produce, duplicate, reproduce, store, copy, transmit or display any video, photographic, electronic, digital, or other visual image, picture or representation.
(B) Use of visual recording devices restricted in protected areas. No person shall use any visual recording device to produce, reproduce, record, duplicate, store, display or transmit the visual image of another person without that person's consent if such use of the visual recording device takes place in any protected area.
(C) Signs to be posted. The owner or operator of any business establishment, school or college (whether public or private), government building and institutional facility, as defined herein, shall post signs in all protected areas stating the regulations set forth in division (B) of this section concerning the use of visual recording devices in such areas. Such signs shall be displayed in a prominent place, on printed cards no smaller than 8-1/2 inches by 14 inches in size, and shall read as follows:
"No person shall use any visual recording device in this area to produce, reproduce, duplicate, store, display or transmit the visual image of another person without that person's consent."
(Ord. 04-19, passed 7-13-04) Penalty, see § 133.99